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Southeast Asia

Indonesia’s bishops blame government for deadly protests

Indonesia’s Catholic bishops are blaming a deadly wave of civil unrest on “unwise and unjust words, actions” by the country’s government under President Prabowo Subianto. Source: Crux. 

Southeast Asia

Myanmar bishop hopes to rebuild church bombed by military junta

A Catholic bishop in civil war-torn Myanmar voiced hope that “everyone will do their part” to rebuild a church destroyed in his diocese during a military junta airstrike against rebel groups. Source: UCA News.

Southeast Asia

Filipino Catholics urged to confront  ‘thorns’ of society 

A cardinal has urged Filipino Catholics to confront the “thorns” of society – including environmental destruction and corruption – through faith and the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Source: CBCP News.

Southeast Asia

Pope, bishops appeal for peace between Thailand and Cambodia 

A fragile ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia appears to be holding firm as Pope Leo XIV and Catholic bishops from both nations called for prayer, peace, and protection for displaced families caught in the crossfire. Source: CNA.

Southeast Asia

Jesuit Mission Australia issues urgent call for support in Myanmar

Jesuit Mission Australia has issued an urgent call for support in Myanmar, with new United Nations figures revealing that more than 22 million people – approximately one-third of the country’s population – are now in critical need of humanitarian assistance. 

Southeast Asia

Nine men jailed for murder of Myanmar priest

A court affiliated with Myanmar’s exiled National Unity Government has sentenced nine men to 20 years in prison for the killing of a Catholic priest in the country’s conflict-torn Sagaing region earlier this year. Source: Catholic Review.

Immigration Southeast Asia

Filipino cardinals denounce discrimination against migrants

Filipino cardinals Luis Antonio Tagle and Pablo Virgilio David have criticised discrimination against migrants in separate speeches at a Catholic forum in Manila. Source: Crux.

Foreign Aid Southeast Asia

Myanmar refugees hit hard by US foreign aid cuts 

Hundreds of thousands of people who fled their homes in conflict-torn Myanmar to live in camps across the Thailand border are facing growing hardship following US foreign aid cuts. Source: UCA News.

Natural disasters Southeast Asia

Church in Myanmar ‘deeply touched’ by Pope’ message

Pope Francis has offered prayers for the people of Myanmar, who have been “suffering so much because of the earthquake”. Source: Crux.